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vit

See also: VIT, vit., vít, Vít, vît, and vịt

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *weta, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (compare Proto-Slavic *věkъ (“age (period of time)”), Greek έτος (étos), Latin vetus (“old”), Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”)).

Noun

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vit m (plural vite or vjet, definite viti, definite plural vitet or vjetët)

  1. year

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Declension of vit
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative vit vite viti vitet
accusative vitin
dative viti viteve vitit viteve
ablative vitesh
Declension of vit
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative vit vjet viti vjetët
accusative vitin
dative viti vjetve vitit vjetve
ablative vjetsh

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin vectis (“bar, pole”).

Noun

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vit m (plural vits)

  1. penis
  2. a whip or baton made from a bull's penis
    Synonym: vit de bou
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin vitis (“vine”).

Noun

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vit m (plural vits)

  1. (archaic) Vine shoot, tendril
    Synonyms: redorta, sarment
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Czech

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Participle

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vit

  1. masculine singular passive participle of vít

Faroese

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *witją from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate to English wit, archaic Dutch wit, akin to Old Saxon giwit.

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vit n (genitive singular vits, uncountable)

  1. intelligence
  2. consciousness
    fáa vitið aftur ― to regain consciousness
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Declension of vit (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative vit vitið
accusative vit vitið
dative viti vitinum
genitive vits vitsins
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse vit.

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Pronoun

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vit

  1. we
    Vit eru føroyingar.
    We are Faroese.
    Vit koma aftur.
    We come back.
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Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra
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  • okur (Sandoy, Suðuroy)

French

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Etymology 1

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See voir.

Verb

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vit

  1. third-person singular past historic of voir

Etymology 2

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See vivre.

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vit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

Etymology 3

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From Old French vit, from Latin vectis (“rod, lever”).

Noun

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vit m (plural vits)

  1. (obsolete, literary) pintle, John Thomas (penis)
    • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:
      Ce fut Durcet qui, ce matin-là, se prêta aux exercices de pollutions, et, comme son vit était extraordinairement petit, il donna plus de peine aux écolières.
      It was Durcet who, that morning, took part in the spunking exercises, and, as his dick was extraordinarily small, he caused the school girls more grief.

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Danish vid, Swedish vett, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz.

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Noun

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vit n (genitive singular vits, no plural)

  1. wits, intelligence
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
      Vits er þörf
      þeim er víða ratar.
      Dælt er heima hvað.
      Að augabragði verður
      sá er ekki kann
      og með snotrum situr.
      Wits must he have
      who wanders wide,
      But all is easy at home;
      At the witless man
      the wise shall wink
      When among such men he sits.
  2. reason, sense
    Viðskiptavit.
    Business acumen.
  3. knowledge
  4. awareness, sentience

Declension

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declension of vit
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative vit vitið
accusative vit vitið
dative viti vitinu
genitive vits vitsins

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  • vita (“to know”)

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian vite.

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Noun

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vit m (plural viti or vitien or vitijiet)

  1. screw
  2. tap
  3. (by extension) water tap

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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vit

  1. imperative of vite

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Norwegian Bokmål vett, Swedish vett, Danish vid, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz.

Noun

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vit n (plural vitet)

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Etymology 2

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From the Old Norse vit, the imperative form of Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

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vit

  1. imperative of vita
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Old French

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Etymology 1

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From Latin vectis (“rod”).

Noun

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vit oblique singular, m (oblique plural viz or vitz, nominative singular viz or vitz, nominative plural vit)

  1. (vulgar) dick; cock (human penis)
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  • French: vit

Etymology 2

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see veoir

Verb

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vit

  1. third-person singular past historic of veoir

Etymology 3

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see vivre

Verb

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vit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

Old Norse

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  • mit (← erum vit)

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wet, *wit. Cognate with Old English wit, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄 (wit).

Pronoun

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vit

  1. (personal) first-person dual pronoun; we two

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Old Norse personal pronouns
number first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative ek þú hann hon, hón, hǫ́n þat
accusative mik þik sik hann hana, hána þat
dative mér þér sér hánum, hónum, hǫ́num henni því
genitive mín þín sín hans hennar þess
case dual
nominative vit it, þit
accusative okkr ykkr sik
dative okkr ykkr sér
genitive okkar ykkar sín
case plural plural masculine plural feminine plural neuter
nominative vér ér, þér þeir þær þau
accusative oss yðr sik þá þær þau
dative oss yðr sér þeim þeim þeim
genitive vár yðar, yðvar sín þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra


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Old Swedish

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Verb

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vit

  1. second-person present imperative of vita

Polabian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *otъ.

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Preposition

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vit (with genitive)

  1. of, from; by

Serbo-Croatian

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Participle

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vit (Cyrillic spelling вит)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of viti

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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  • hvit (pre-1906 spelling)

Etymology

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From Old Swedish hvīter, from Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈviːt/
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vit

  1. of the colour white
    Antonym: svart
    Hyponyms: benvit, blåvit, elfenbensvit, gråvit, gulvit, snövit
  2. (about person) who has light skin
    • 1917, August Strindberg, “Sagan om Stig Storverks son.”, in Hövdingaminnen, page 11:
      – De ljusa männen äkta ibland mörka kvinnor, och deras barn bli ljusa; men ännu aldrig har en svart man fått en vit kvinna
      – The light men sometimes marry dark women, and their children become light; but yet never has a black man got a white woman.
    • 2012, Görrel Espelund, Andreas Karlsson, “Historien väger tungt för Sydafrikas unga”, in Sydsvenskan‎[1]:
      En politisk affisch där en vit man och en svart kvinna håller om varandra väcker debatt i Sydafrika.
      A political poster where a white man and a black woman hug each other is provoking debate in South Africa.
  3. signifying honesty and openness
    • 2014, Johanna Karlsson, “Han ville få sin lön – men fick då sparken”, in Kvällsposten‎[2]:
      Mycket jämfört med de som betalades svart, men inte mycket för två månaders heltidsarbete på vitt kontrakt.
      Much compared to what was paid illicitly, but not much for two months' full-time work with a legitimate contract.
  4. (about a period of time) dry, without alcohol consumption
    • 2010, “"Vad var viktigast för dig i veckan?"”, in Göteborgs-Posten‎[3]:
      En person berättade att det viktigaste som hänt var att han hade haft en vit vecka. Han hade alkoholproblem och stod för det.
      One person said that the most important thing that happened was that he had a dry week. He had alcohol problems and stood for it.
    • 2010, “Läkare ser vit januari som ”meningslös, medicinskt sett””, in Dagens Nyheter‎[4]:
      Att göra januari till en vit månad, efter att ha konsumerat väl mycket alkohol under det år som passerat, är inget som ger någon positiv hälsoeffekt.
      Making January a dry month, after consuming a good deal of alcohol during the last year, is not something that will have any positive health effect.
  5. (about a period of time) with snow
    • 2005, “Ingen vit jul i södra Sverige”, in Dagens Nyheter‎[5]:
      Statistiskt sett får man bege sig norr om Siljan för att försäkra sig om en vit jul.
      Statistically you have to go north of Siljan to make sure you have a white Christmas.
    • 2008, Karin Abrahamsson, “Sverige fick en vit påsk”, in Aftonbladet‎[6]:
      Det blev en vit påsk i hela Sverige.
      It became a white Easter in all of Sweden.
    • 2011, Mikael Anjou, “Ingen snö så vitt man kan se”, in Sydsvenskan‎[7]:
      Hösten är varm, men blir det en vit vinter i Skåne, som de två senaste, eller blir det en våt, som vanligt?
      The autumn is warm, but will it be a white winter in Skåne, like the last two, or will it be wet, as usual?
  6. a style of portion snus that has not been post-moisturized, is less runny, and has a more even taste
    Synonym: white
    Coordinate term: original
    • 2019, Joakim Almén, “Det här är svenskarnas favoritsnus”, in Café‎[8]:
      Försäljningen av vitt snus ökade med 255(!) procent medan nikotinfritt snus ökade med 20 procent.
      White snus sales increased by 255(!) percent while nicotine-free snus increased by 20 percent.

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Inflection of vit
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vit vitare vitast
Neuter singular vitt vitare vitast
Plural vita vitare vitast
Masculine plural3 vite vitare vitast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vite vitare vitaste
All vita vitare vitaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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